While suitable parts of the trees were brought to the mill for harvesting, unusable pieces of wood chips and branches produced during the process were left to accumulate in mounds that reached heights of a three-story building.
It wouldn’t be enough to build a town – they were going to build a city.The “city” at the time was actually only a small patch of today’s downtown east side near the harbour – Gastown’s Water Street, Alexander Street (then Hastings Road), etc., but much more land was being surveyed and cleared while tall forest walls still loomed within walking distance.There were so many trees to be cleared, and so much work to be done, that loggers would half-cut a row of trees and then fell one big one into them, bringing the rest down in a shower of twigs, splinters and branches. The fire was being used to clear the land between what are now known as Main Street and Cambie Street, but there was a strong gale blowing that day, and it caused the fire to spread quickly. The Yale is Vancouver’s oldest pub. 124 years later we’re still a fairly young city but at least we are building our own history as we go.Awesome post Rebecca. Likewise, the “Paddle Song” is still sung amongst peoples of the Squamish Nation to this day.

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was granted an extensive 6,000 acres (2,428ha) of heavily forested land in present-day English Bay and Coal Harbour by the government the year before the Great Fire. A week after the fire the city purchased its first fire engine from Ontario, the item arrived in August of that year, which made the volunteers confident that they could handle any situation that occurred. “Vancouver didn’t burn,” said one eyewitness, “it exploded.” It was June 13th, 1886, a Sunday. Fascinating to see the photos. If you go into the basement you can see the black lines on the walls as to where the fire was. This is a good condition Canadian Vancouver Fire Department 1886 Patch. [Photo: Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services] Vancouver Fire and Rescue: Early Days.



The fire spurred fundraising for a fire all and fire-fighting equipment. Seller assumes all responsibility for this listing. Item: 2011-010.1678 - The Vancouver fire of 1886 Item : 2011-010.1679 - Vancouver after fire Item : 2011-010.1680 - Mayor, Council and City officials assembled in front of tent They may have been clearing in preparing the site of the roundhouse in Yaletown.Although the danger was growing, wildfire was more of a summertime hazard: rainy-season clearing fires were easier to control although gales can come up very quickly. GST of 5% is applicable on all sales within Canada. In 2012.Miss604 is published by Rebecca Bollwitt in Vancouver, BC. The winds quickly whipped the burn out of control, and as men ran to fight it, the flames blew into the dry timber and exploded, fueled and driven on by the high winds, widening out as it rushed on.If you look at a map and consider our seasonal westerly gales, which usually includes a last good blow in June, you can see that all-wood Vancouver downwind didn’t stand a chance in the approaching firestorm.As the cone of the fire expanded onward and outward, winds whipped the flames along the wooden sidewalk up Hastings Road faster than a man could run. Vancouver was being cut out of the forest. At the sight of an ominous smoke cloud, the bronze bell at was frantically rung by an onlooker. I accept all forms of payment. Some contests may only be open to those 19 years of age and older. 1 elected its leaders and was prepared to fight fires with any available buckets, axes, shovels and ladders. It began as a controlled fire to clear brush on the land, however it quickly spread out of control.

Despite its status today as one of Canada’s biggest and most important cities, the city of Vancouver very nearly had a shockingly short lifespan. Also, The Cambie would have you believe that they are the oldest bar in the city. next. Item is a photographic reproduction of a painting entitled the Vancouver Fire of 1886 by Vern Tremewen. With little warning, a sudden wind hit hard and the fire got away from the men. According to historians, the raging fire eventually consumed all but three of the estimated 1,000 wooden structures in – newly opened businesses and wood-planked boardwalks were razed to the ground. Not true. These highly flammable slash piles were eventually burned and the ground flattened to create a clearing. Shipping and handling. A former river pilot, John (Jack) Deighton , set up a small (24' x 12') saloon on the beach about a mile west of the sawmill in 1867 where mill property and its "dry" policies ended. June 13 1886 is etched in Canadian history as the date of the Great Vancouver Fire, which razed the newly incorporated city to the ground in under 45 minutes and left as many as 28 residents dead and only three of an estimated 1,000 buildings unharmed.

It also encouraged the creation of the city’s first police force. Sixteen days later, the little city burned to the ground. Unfortunately, the spring of 1886 had been exceptionally dry and hot.As the men were working, a wind storm came up from the west.
Vancouver was being cut out of the forest. Le Grand incendie de Vancouver (en anglais : Great Vancouver Fire) est un incendie important qui a détruit le 13 juin 1886 la ville de Vancouver. It’s not known how many people perished that day – such was the bustle and disorder of the new town.

A week later, on May 10, 1886 the first Mayor of Vancouver, Malcolm Alexander MacLean, delivered his inaugural address at the first meeting of the City Council. Oct 8, 2018 - It was 124 years ago last Sunday (June 13th, 1886) that Vancouver was completely destroyed by fire.

The cost of damage done by the fire was assumed to be about $1.3 million, a staggering amount for the 19th century. First Vancouver City Council meeting after the Great Vancouver Fire in 1886.


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